Former Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairperson Lee Hwa Beng rebutted claims the port authority made former general manager OC Phang a scapegoat in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.

Lee argued that it was the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Attorney-General's Chambers that first recommended PKA take legal action against Phang for breaching her fiduciary duties, and that they did so before he assumed his position as chairperson on Apr 1, 2008.

"These two bodies made the recommendation before I took office," he testified before Shah Alam High Court judge M Gunalan...